Essays: Moral, Political and AestheticD. Appleton, 1888 - 428 páginas |
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... , will naturally more or less tend to use similar ones . And where there exists any mental idiosyncrasy- where there is a deficient verbal memory , or an inadequate sense of logical dependence , or but little perception of.
... , will naturally more or less tend to use similar ones . And where there exists any mental idiosyncrasy- where there is a deficient verbal memory , or an inadequate sense of logical dependence , or but little perception of.
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... mental effort , is the desideratum towards which most of the rules above quoted point . When we condemn writing that is wordy , or confused , or intricate - when we praise this style as easy , and blame that as fatiguing , we ...
... mental effort , is the desideratum towards which most of the rules above quoted point . When we condemn writing that is wordy , or confused , or intricate - when we praise this style as easy , and blame that as fatiguing , we ...
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... mental energy , into which are thus resolvable the several causes of the strength of Saxon English , may equally be traced in the superior- ity of specific over generic words . That concrete terms . produce more vivid impressions than ...
... mental energy , into which are thus resolvable the several causes of the strength of Saxon English , may equally be traced in the superior- ity of specific over generic words . That concrete terms . produce more vivid impressions than ...
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... mental act by which the meaning of a series of words is apprehended . We cannot more simply do this than by considering the proper collocation of the substantive and adjective . Is it better to place the adjective before the substantive ...
... mental act by which the meaning of a series of words is apprehended . We cannot more simply do this than by considering the proper collocation of the substantive and adjective . Is it better to place the adjective before the substantive ...
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... mental energy , and a corresponding diminution of effect . The following verse from Coleridge's " Ancient Mariner , " though somewhat irregular in structure , well illustrates the same truth : 66 · Alone , alone , all , all alone ...
... mental energy , and a corresponding diminution of effect . The following verse from Coleridge's " Ancient Mariner , " though somewhat irregular in structure , well illustrates the same truth : 66 · Alone , alone , all , all alone ...
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